Mailed ballots boosted 2020’s turnout—will it work in 2022?
New research on the 2020 election confirms that mailed-out ballots boost turnout—especially when there are no bureaucratic hurdles for voters.
Killing the dream 50 years on
Perhaps conspiracy theories had been put on ice for awhile, but the nation only became more divided over Vietnam.
Careful what you wish for
Trump won’t be able to reign in the hate he unleashed on America.
NY judge resigns after posting noose image on Facebook
After posting the image of a noose with the words “Make America Great Again” on his Facebook page, an upstate New York...
Albanese sanctions: Marco Rubio now acting just like Putin, charging human rights officials
An explanation of why this verbiage is arrant nonsense.
GOP plans to sidestep Senate rules to force $4.6 trillion tax giveaway for the...
Republicans aim to make Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent by bypassing the Senate parliamentarian—an approach Democrats refused to take to raise the minimum wage.
Joe Biden’s AstroTurf campaign
Biden’s decision last month to greenlight super PACs on his behalf has underscored just how eager he is to bankroll his AstroTurf campaign against grassroots progressives no matter what.
After Texas walkout, Sanders says Senate Dems must show the ‘same courage’ by passing...
“We must pass S. 1, the For The People Act. The future of American democracy is at stake.”
Progressive lawmakers demand nationwide moratorium on ‘cruel and dangerous’ evictions amid coronavirus pandemic
“Evicting families puts their health at risk, imposes trauma on and disrupts the education of their children, and exacerbates the risk of outbreak in their communities,” said Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and other lawmakers.
COVID-19: The rich, the poor, the ‘other’
Perhaps, the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic melt down will be the trigger for such a seismic, but essential, change in the way we live.